Adkins v. Ashland & Ironton Transfer & Ferry Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

On April 26, 1915, V. V. Adkins, trustee, posted notice of his intention to apply for a ferry franchise upon •the Ohio river at Ashland, Boyd county, Kentucky. On May 24, 1915, which was the next regular Boyd county court day, the notice, which had been posted, was filed in the county court, together with a petition asking for a ferry franchise for a period of twenty years. Thereafter, the county court granted the franchise as requested, approved the bond executed by the applicant and fixed the fares to be charged on the ferry. On the next day the…